When I was an undergraduate in Liverpool, in the late 80s, I was a member of Merseyside Anti-Fascist Action. During that time, a member of Merseyside Anti-Apartheid Group was mugged by members of the National Front, and her address book stolen. One of the addresses in the book belonged to a woman called Justine who lived in Ormskirk with her parents and her two younger brothers. The NF began to attack her house. They wrote threatening graffiti on the walls and threw missiles at the windows. Justines parents made plans to move, and Merseyside Anti-Fascist Action organised a rota of people to guard the house. Part of this was to increase the number of people in the house, so that the family would feel safer, and also to watch the front and back gardens, in case of intrusion. This vigil went on for many weeks, 7 nights a week. The family did eventually move, and were molested no more. Not very long after this, Liverpool NF collapsed, for reasons that I wont bore you with. Your beliefs as a socialist or a liberal or a humanitarian make you better-equipped to deal with conflict and confrontation than those on the extreme right. Fascists and pseudo-fascists may look intimidating and may threaten and abuse very loudly, but their very ideology prevents them from co-operating in lasting and sustainable ways. The leaders of the extreme right know this, and they also know that their best hope of success lies in the creation of as much social breakdown and chaos as possible. I want you to resist all attempts to create this chaos. We want to improve society, but the way we improve society is by building on what we have at the moment, however unsatisfactory that may be. The leader who advocates tearing down the whole thing probably has no idea what to do after the destruction, and is also in a position whereby he doesnt have to live with the consequences when it all goes horribly wrong.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 02:09:56 +0000
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